Healthy Baked Chicken Recipe with Flax Seeds

This is one of those rare recipes that are easy, delicious, quick, and healthy. I know! I’ve been obsessed with protein-rich flax seeds lately, which I typically put in my oatmeal, yogurt, or smoothies in the morning. I got to thinking about how to incorporate it into my dinners and came up with this simple breaded, baked chicken breast. I used a mixture of bread crumbs and ground flax seeds so it wouldn’t be too heavy, and the result was just perfect, and somewhat akin to pecan-crusted chicken in texture.

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The chicken is baked with no additional oil, so it’s really about as lean and protein-packed as you can get. I also find that flax seeds are incredible filling, so I ate less. Which left more chicken leftover to eat in salads – it’s great cold! You could also use chicken tenders and serve these to kids as a healthier rendition of chicken fingers.

Welcome back to the US for the summer! You’ll have to post and tell us what dishes you’ve been craving that you can’t get in Israel, and that you plan to get your fill of this while you’re here. I haven’t done much cooking with flax seed. Nice use of it here, though. Easy, healthy, delicious – what more does one want? Thanks for this.

I can’t believe it was only about five years ago a g-friend gave me a packet of flaxseeds and I just looked at it! One lives and learns 🙂 ! This sounds great for those who ‘used to’ love chicken schnitzel!!